Program control through a command application method
OwnerDavid M. Weightmaninventor
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Abstract
A method, operating in an unattended mode, to coordinate (in time) the control of multiple programs includes obtaining a command sequence having a plurality of commands, selecting a first command from the command sequence (the first command having an associated first target program and an first time value), issuing the first command to the first target program at a time corresponding to the first time value, selecting a second command from the command sequence (the second command having an associated second target program and an second time value), and following issuance of the first command issuing the second command to the second target program at a time corresponding to the second time value.
Claims19
A method to coordinate the control of two or more programs, comprising:
- obtaining a command sequence having a plurality of commands;
- selecting a first command from the command sequence, the first command having an associated first target program and an first time value;
- issuing the first command to the first target program at a time corresponding to the first time value;
- selecting a second command from the command sequence, the second command having an associated second target program and an second time value;
- and following issuance of the first command issuing the second command to the second target program at a time corresponding to the second time value.
The method of claim if wherein the second time value corresponds to a specified delay time.
A method to coordinate the control of two or more programs, comprising:
- obtaining a command sequence having a plurality of commands, each command having an associated target program and a specified execution time;
- selecting a first command from the command sequence;
- delaying further processing of the command sequence until the specified execution time of the first command;
- issuing the first command to the target program of the first command at the specified execution time of the first command;
- selecting a second command from the command sequence;
- delaying further processing of the command sequence until the specified execution time of the second command;
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- issuing the second command to the target program of the second command at the specified execution time of the second command.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.